#Victorian photography

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c.1899 black woman wearing embroidered pin dot stockings

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Two women making a snow lady (1892) from: The Strand magazine

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St. Agnes, 1864, Julia Margaret Cameron

This years Advent calendar is on the theme of Light

[la-belle-histoire]

Grand Duchess Elizabeta Feodorovna (Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine), 1878.

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May Day

Photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron

1866

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on his graduation day in 1881, receiving a Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery at the University of Edinburgh (where he met Dr. Joseph Bell, the main inspiration for Sherlock Holmes)

Happy graduation season!

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Lesbian Couple, ca. early 1900s

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Mrs. James Brown Potter, 1883

Taken by Jose Maria Mora, 707 Broadway, NYC

via david shields on pinterest

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"Group of young women performing atmospheric pressure experiments while studying science in school, Washington, D.C."

Photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1899.

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Carte de visite of two ladies embracing in the throes of passion and/or ennui, c. 1860s

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'Botanical Specimens' (circa 1841). Attributed to Robert Hunt (British, 1807–1887).

Salted paper and fabric prints.

Image and text information courtesy The Met.

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Persian cat, circa 1880.

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A kiss (1900s)

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The Angel at the Tomb, 1869, Julia Margaret Cameron

This years Advent calendar is on the theme of Light

[la-belle-histoire]

Mme. G.F. Murray (Montreal, QC). William Notman & Son. 1886.